Etymology
Origin of gray-headed
First recorded in 1525–35
Example Sentences
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In December 2019, during the scorching months known as Black Summer, about 4,500 gray-headed flying foxes in Melbourne perished over three days of extreme heat.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
Every evening, tens of thousands of gray-headed flying foxes fan across the sky above Melbourne, Australia.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
“I have no intentions of taking that back,” the gray-headed clergyman said, stressing that his forgiveness had been more for himself than for Mr. Roof.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2016
And she’s still got Shelly, her smiling, single-named companion, a gray-headed, bespectacled fellow who said he has known Ms. Byrd since she was a teenager.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2012
So he grabbed his gun and straddled his best horse and went off wid de rest of de gray-headed men and young boys to drive de Yankees back into Tennessee.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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